Bark In The Park
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
Bark In The Park was another doggie event held at the Hopkinton State Park. Apparently this was their 13th year at this spot. Since we had such a great time at the Save A Dog in Sudbury this year, why not keep the doggie theme going? Hoo boy, not all doggie events are created equal – from a kettle corn selling stand point. We made like 30 bucks at this event total.
What kills me is the person setting it up did such a great job getting our logo into their literature. The people running it were all very nice – heck, even the health department guy was great (he took his 30 bucks, which killed half of our profits!). If you just want to go with your dog, don’t let my review stop you. The problem was there weren’t that many people compared to the Sudbury event. Because the location was within the Hopkinton State Park, you couldn’t spot it doing a drive by, you had to know the fields location before you entered the park. This reminded me of another event we did which ended up being an abortion for sales – the Middleborough Blues Festival last year. This event was also set back from a main road and you had to know exactly where it was to find it. Both of these events we sold more bags of kettle corn to the other vendors that regular attendees. Here’s a major clue when booking events:
If there’s hardly any vendors coming back from last year – you might be getting into trouble!
